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NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF CROP AND HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE
Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 175-197Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2017.1368672
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Climate change; kiwifruit; viability; Te Puke; New Zealand
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Sufficient winter chilling is vital for kiwifruit dormancy release and producing high flower numbers in spring. As global (and New Zealand) average temperatures rise, the risk of insufficient winter chilling increases. This study looks at the potential impact of climate change (considering temperature changes only) on the production viability of the Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa Hayward' cultivar of kiwifruit, also known as Hayward', focusing on the principal growing area of Te Puke in the Bay of Plenty of New Zealand. It is shown that production viability steadily decreases over the coming decades for Te Puke, and becomes generally non-viable by the end of the century under all but the most stringent of global greenhouse gas emissions pathways. There are, however, many other areas of New Zealand that show a potential increase in Hayward kiwifruit production viability over the course of the century.
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